Hail, Union
- When
- May 15, 2:28 PM PST
- Where
- Union County, Elgin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.567, -117.933
Hail in Oregon, May 15, 2000
Several severe storms developed in the Grande Ronde Valley in Eastern Oregon. These slow moving storms brought mainly hail and brief heavy rain.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Several severe storms developed in the Grande Ronde Valley in Eastern Oregon. These slow moving storms brought mainly hail and brief heavy rain.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- May 15, 3:44 PM PST
- Where
- Union County, Cove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -117.817
Hail, Union
- When
- May 15, 4:14 PM PST
- Where
- Union County, Elgin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.567, -117.933
Hail, Union
- When
- May 15, 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Union County, 1 mi SE of Union
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -117.867
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in California, May 15 to 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, May 15 to 31, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail in Florida, May 15, 2000
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, May 15 to 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2000
- Flood in New York, May 15 to 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, May 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5139139, 5139140, 5139141, 5139142.